SPARTANS’ MARSHALL WINS BRONZE AT SUMMER GAMES
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| Steven Marshall |
Men’s Volleyball (Summer Games)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SPARTANS’ MARSHALL WINS BRONZE AT SUMMER GAMES
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – Trinity Western University’s Steven Marshall (Abbotsford, B.C.) along with Team BC teammate Maverick Hatch (Victoria), who plays for Brandon University, won bronze this past weekend at the Canada Summer Games in Summerside, P.E.I.
Team BC placed third with a 21-16, 23-21 win over Team Manitoba. Team BC was relegated to the bronze medal game when they were upset 21-18, 21-15 by Quebec after going 4-0 win pool play.
Ontario’s Reid Hall (Georgetown, Ont.) and Adam Podstawka (Ancaster, Ont.) won gold with 21-14, 21-18 win over Quebec’s Emmanuel Andre-Morin (Montreal) and Karl De Grandpre (Pierreville, Que.).
Marshall will continue playing into the fall as he represents Canada in Blackpool, England at the U21 World Beach Championships September 16-20. Marshall is also playing the 2009 Canadian National Championship this week at Ashbridges’ Bay in Toronto, Aug. 28-30.
The Spartans will begin training for the upcoming season in early September. They open preseason play September 24-26 when they will travel through the Okanagan with matches against the University of Alberta and UBC-Okanagan. They open Canada West conference play October 30 and 31 when they will host UBC for the opening matches at the Langley Event Centre.
About TWU:
Trinity Western University, located in Langley, B.C., is a not-for-profit Christian liberal arts university enrolling over 4,000 students this year. With a broad based, liberal arts and sciences curriculum, the University offers undergraduate degrees in 41 major areas of study ranging from business, education and computer science to biology and nursing, and 17 other graduate degrees including counselling psychology, theology and administrative leadership. For more information, visit TWU's Official Athletics site at gospartans.ca.
About Canadian Interuniversity Sport:
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-two universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. The CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, and 32 World University Championships. For further information, visit www.universitysport.ca.
About CWUAA:
"Canada West is consistently the most decorated of the four conferences in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), winning at least 10 CIS national titles every year since 1997-98. Comprised of 14 schools, from Manitoba to B.C., the CWUAA produces numerous major award winners and Academic All-Canadian student-athletes each year, with many going on to athletic success around the globe in events such as the Olympics or Universiade Games."
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Last Updated: 2009-08-24
Author: Scott Stewart
Email: ssstew@twu.ca
